Sentences with phrase «local derby against»

Real Madrid face a local derby against Getafe in their next league outing on October 14.

Tonight's three points mean Brentford go into Saturday's massive local derby against Fulham full of confidence.

First up on Tuesday night, a late Henrik Dalsgaard goal, his first for the club, secured a 1 - 0 victory over Nottingham Forest at The City Ground before Neal Maupay struck a 94th minute equaliser at Craven Cottage on Saturday in the local derby against Fulham.

Crespo scored a brilliant winner in the local derby against Fulham on Boxing Day, volleying home from a sublime Cole cross, and it was Cole himself, growing in stature with every performance, who netted the only goal of the game away at Manchester City.

The Spanish coach led Saint - Etienne to a strong start to the season but they have won just one of their last seven games and were thrashed 5 - 0 in the local derby against Lyon on November 5.

Plagued by fan violence at earlier home games, Hammers fans have not been put off supporting, especially for the local derby against Arsenal.

Initially, the appointment of Moyes in replacing Jagoba Arrasate a year ago prompted enthusiasm in San Sebastian, especially when his first two months in charge yielded a creditable draw in the all - important local derby against Athletic Bilbao, and an improbable home victory over Barcelona.

The biggest high of last season was the local derby against University of Manchester seconds, after being around 15 points down to come back and win by two points at the end.

Dinamo Bucharest took a stunning first half lead in their local derby against table - toppers Steaua Bucharest, but the home side rallied back late to assert their dominance over their rivals and the rest of the league in a 3 - 1 win.

It took quite a bit of luck at the end, but CSKA Moscow came away victorious from their local derby against Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday.

Yesterday was his first taste of the big local derby against Tottenham and he wasn't overawed by the big game atmosphere — in fact he loved the way the fans got behind the team even when we went behind.

With two other sides currently in the top six also playing each other on Friday evening, as Notts County travel for a local derby against Sheffield United, it could be an important night at the top of League One.

Both Man City and Chelsea have tough away games against Everton and Leicester City respectively, while Liverpool have the fierce local derby against Man United at Old Trafford.

Liverpool have been dealt a blow with the news that big - money summer signing Christian Benteke is a doubt for the Reds» upcoming local derby against Everton.

Not only is it a local derby against their fierce rivals, but it is an opportunity to retake top spot in the table.

Not exact matches

Derby heartbreakingly missed out on promotion last season after a last gasp Bobby Zamora winner in the Championship play - off final against Queens Park Rangers, but look well placed to go one better this season and are also still in the FA Cup after a local derby win over Chesterfield at the weekend.

Rashford can now add a goal on derby debut to a Europa League double and two on his Premier League bow against Arsenal, and this strike may be worth more than local bragging rights come full time.

Arsenal always want to win every game we play, of course, and just like any local derby the games against Tottenham take on extra significance.

Just look at the remaining fixtures amongst the top teams (forgetting local derbies, teams fighting against relegation, European travels etc)... LC have got to play Chelsea, Utd, West Ham and City, Spuds have got us, Liverpool, Utd and Chelsea and City have also got to play Utd as we have got to play City.

Defeat to bottom side Leicester City after another insipid display, this time at the King Power Stadium in a game that represented a local derby of sorts, helped to turn Villa fans even further against Lambert as his side have struggled for goals all season.

It could not have been easy for Arsene Wenger to face the press after seeing his Arsenal side struggle and eventually lose against our fierce local rivals Tottenham in the north London derby yesterday.

Postecoglou's first such game at Nissan Stadium is the derby against local rivals Kawasaki Frontale, for whom talisman Kengo Nakamura finally won the J. League last season after countless near misses for his only professional club.

Following on from the impressive local derby win against West Bromwich Albion, it appears that after taking that one step forward, Paul Lambert's men have taken another step backwards after back to back defeats against Everton and West Ham respectively.

Both remain in the bottom three, but it could have been so much worse for Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez as his side trailed in his second game in charge against local rivals who had won their previous six derby encounters.

With the foundation of Olympique Lyonnais from an amalgam of local clubs in 1950, and the large crowds for derby games against St - Etienne, the cycle track was removed.

We speak about cup finals or Champions League games, or the local derbies, where he put in outstanding performances against Tottenham.

Not only are the Blues up against Championship opposition, but they're facing a local derby, with just six miles separating these two sides.

Today at 12:05 pm - Former Leeds United star Andy Couzens is keen to see more Whites youngster in the local derby at home against Barnsley today...